Someone's top ten favorite SID tracks from Commodore 64 games:
Top Ten SID versions. One can't help but note that most of these are by a
Rob Hubbard (
wiki). My favorite is the theme from Sanxion.
UPDATE
The community for C64 enthusiasts is awesome and vast. I'll try not to get too distracted.
sidplay2 (
for windows.
same thing as winamp plugin).
Sanxion Loader theme:
MP3 (3.4 Mb)
SID. Note: the SID file has an extra tune although it might take some fiddling to play it. It's a rendition "Montagues and Capulets" from Prokofiev's ballet of Romeo and Juliette.
C64 Orchestra renders the music of Hubbard and others for an Orchestra. I find their performance of "Cybernoid 2" theme is rather affecting.
Paul Norman's theme for
Super Huey (SID, 3.4K) was one of my favorites and I used to load up the game just to hear it. It's got that kind of martial parade glory thing down. If I'm ever elected president it's going to replace Hail to the Chief. I think I'll add it to my phone as a ringtone and program my phone alarm to wake me up with it in the morning.
Covert Bitops is a site for people who want to make games and music for the C64 and emulators. This includes a program called "Goattracker" for making music for the SID chip.
C64 Emulators. I'm using
VICE which requires ROM images to work (I got mine at
The Old Computer). There also exists the very highly thought-of
ccs64 for windows users.
High Voltage SID Collection Stone OakValley's Authentic SID Collection a collection and conversion from SID to MP3
slayradio playing C64 remixes over the internet.
Press Play On Tapea C64 revival band.
I can't find the LSDudes' "MULE" but you can play the original
here.
That's enough for now.